Well its been another good week though things are once again
slowing down. I'd like to begin with a beautiful shot of Rebecca Spit from our
trip to Quadra Island last P day.
On top of that, we had a dinner scheduled on Brother Watson's
Buffalo farm where we ate Asian water buffalo steaks! THAT my family and
friends was perhaps the best meat I've ever had! After dinner, Brother Watson
gave us a little tour of the ranch. He has quite a few wood bison and water
buffalo. He also recently brought in a few pigs. Then he took us to his farm
meat shop where he gave us jerky, bacon, and pepperoni. All made from Bison!
What happened the day after was quite discouraging. To our
disappointment, we called Mary Tuesday morning to set another appointment with
her and she said that she talked to her mom about her investigation and she
came to the conclusion that she didn't want to be baptized into the church
because she had already been baptized into her own.
That same day, we got another text from Britaini who told us
that she was dealing with some personal troubles and needed to take a step back
from our contact with her while she has some personal time with the Lord and
she would contact us if she was led to us... We know what that reaction gets
you 9.5 times out of 10...
After those 2 heart breakers, we went on a blitz exchange
with the Powell River Elders. Elder Heiner and Elder Haskins were together and
something was giving Elder Heiner a strong impression to go to GNC to talk to
Britaini. Sure enough, she was there and very happy to see them. Since Elder
Haskins is a marine, Elder Heiner was big into football, and Britaini turns out
to be a heavy lifter herself, the 3 of them got involved in a series of
conversations about working out, protein supplements, and Jesus! It just shows
you what you can do when you have similar interests.
Indeed, Britaini has somehow once again boomeranged her way
back into our teaching pool, this time with a lot of intent! We'll be seeing
her this Thursday and teach her at a pace that will make her feel as
comfortable as possible. Elder Whited and I meanwhile tracted much of that day
and found a potential.
During the same exchange, Haskins and Heiner taught Candace
the law of chastity and the word of wisdom. She drinks a little coffee but she
says that quitting should be a breeze. Her date will have to be moved but we're
not worried.
What of Adrian? Its been kind of the same old same old with
her. She isn't progressing and seems to be cancelling all our set appointments
whenever we knocked the door. Anyone remember the Banmon family? Well, the
other day we decided to give them a try. Jeff answered and we talked for a few
moments. Though he said that he's moved past the idea of investigating the
church, we left on much more peaceful visit then our last exchange. I will
probably never see that family again in this life, but I take comfort in
knowing that I did what I could to help them hear the word.
Lastly I'd like to talk a little about the ward fiesta
Saturday night. It was a great success. We had a few less actives show up and
we had a big taco dinner and played a variety of games including the limbo
which I tried out. I was doing quite good until I finally landed flat on my
butt in front of the entire ward. :P
That's all for this week!
Elder Maclean Samis
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